Plowed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plowed}
     (ploud) or {Ploughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plowing} or
     {Ploughing}.]
     1. To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till
        with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow
        a field.


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     2. To furrow; to make furrows, grooves, or ridges in; to run
        through, as in sailing.
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              Let patient Octavia plow thy visage up
              With her prepared nails.              --Shak.
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              With speed we plow the watery way.    --Pope.
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     3. (Bookbinding) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a
        book or paper, with a plow. See {Plow}, n., 5.
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     4. (Joinery) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge
        of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive
        the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a
        tongue, etc.
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     {To plow in}, to cover by plowing; as, to plow in wheat.
  
     {To plow up}, to turn out of the ground by plowing.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plowed
       adj : (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow; "plowed
             fields" [syn: {ploughed}] [ant: {unplowed}]